| ineedabrew |
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Saturday, Dec 20th 10:54pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 30
Stone Mountain, GA
1979 BMW 323i |
Come on....somebody out there has to have some info about this. Gotta get this finished. How do you get the center support bearing off of a 79 323i to replace it? I have the guibo (flex disc) removed and the driveshaft lowered. What now? It appears the shaft is all one piece up to the bearing and beyond.
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| TJ |
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Tuesday, Dec 23rd 2:17am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 71
NY, USA
82 528e2i 84 320i/4 80 320i |
Look inside the u-joint that is right behind the center bearing. There should be a circlip in there, after removing it the rear half of the driveshaft should pull off from the front half. Then the bearing can be pulled off as well. |
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| ineedabrew |
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Saturday, Dec 27th 1:20am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 31
Stone Mountain, GA
1979 BMW 323i |
Hey, I appreciate the input. On my model there is actually a nut that you have to loosen and that thing was a Bas#$%^^&&d! I finally got it removed and in my anxiousness to get the thing out I forgot to mark the relative position of the front side of the shaft to the back portion. Am I screwed or what? Do I need to worry about this or just do the best I can?
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| TJ |
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Saturday, Dec 27th 5:15am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 72
NY, USA
82 528e2i 84 320i/4 80 320i |
Not certain, but I wouldn't be too worried about it. |
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| ineedabrew |
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Saturday, Dec 27th 5:30pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 32
Stone Mountain, GA
1979 BMW 323i |
Thanks....now I can reassemble...
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| BarryA |
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Saturday, Jan 3rd 7:11am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 220
Sacramento CA
81 320 |
Ideally, the driveshaft should go back together with the two halves in their original orientation to each other.
You'll know whether or not you have a problem as soon as you start driving the car - if there's an imbalance due to having the halves mismatched, it'll usually manifest itself as a vibration that gets worse as the car's speed increases. |
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